cymbidium

[ sim-bid-ee-uhm ]

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noun

any of various orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to Asia and Australia, having long clusters of numerous showy, variously colored flowers.

cymbidium

/ sɪmˈbɪdɪəm /

a genus, Cymbidium , of subtropical and tropical orchids native to Australia and Asia, having boat-shaped showy flowers

1799; < New Latin < Greek kýmb ( ē ) ( cymbiform ) + -idion -idium

C19: from Latin cymba boat

Among miscellaneous examples here is a handsome specimen of Cymbidium Devonianum, and a very remarkable hybrid of Catt.

We have another house devoted mainly to Cymbidium, in which they have been planted out for some years, with results worth noting.

Cymbidium has been enriched by the hybridist, the section Cyperorchis being merged in true Cymbidium.

The acquisitions in Botany consisted of some fine Cyrtandraceæ, a Cymbidium, and some ferns.

The only hybrids of Cymbidium known to me are eburneo-Lowianum and its converse, Lowiano-eburneum.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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